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Aaron Burr Treason Trial - 1,399 words
Aaron Burr Treason Trial The early 1800's were an
unusual time in the history of the United States.
A country in its infancy, growing, turbulent, and
filled with intrigue where political and economic
fortunes were made and lost overnight. While the
country was founded on noble ideas---and no doubt
these powerful ideas were taken seriously---how
such ideas were to be put into practice created
fertile ground for personal ambition and interest
to be a stronger motivator than the "common good".
In fact, at times it appears that the ideas were
little more than vehicles for the personal
ambitions---and in the case of this story---the
personal vendettas of powerful personalities.
Aaron Burr, brilli ...
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Abortion In Utilitarian Terms - 1,387 words
Abortion In Utilitarian Terms Abortion This essay
is an analysis of abortion in utilitarian terms.
Compared to some writings on abortion, it is very
short. And it is short for good reason:
utilitarianism really has very little to say on
this issue. Intuitionists will predictably take
this as proof of the inadequacy of utilitarianism.
The utilitarian, however, after noticing the
various muddles produced by the intuitionist - the
arguments over whether the fetus is a person,
whether one person has the right to the use of
another's body and/or whether someone has the
right to determine what occurs in their own body
(and in the case of both, the interminable debates
as to what is to be done abou ...
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American Dream - 755 words
American Dream What specific ills does Miller
diagnose in the America Dream? Discuss with
reference to "Death of a Salesman". The American
Dream is an idea that originated from the Pilgrim
Fathers and has remained in the American society.
It is the belief that America is the land of
opportunity where everyone can be "great". The
word "dream" is in fact probably the best way to
describe the problems that Arthur Miller can see
in this belief. The word "dream" can suggest
something wonderful to look forward to achieving,
or, it may imply that something is only a dream,
something that is impossible to achieve. We can
see Miller believes "dream" to mean the latter of
these interpretations when we ...
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Analysis Of The Underlying Social Psychology - 1,123 words
Analysis of the underlying social psychology of
the Holocaust March 9, 2000 The hate and prejudice
that began the Holocaust went hand in hand with a
political agenda that was fueled by the
frustration aggression theory.(1) Hitler blamed
the Jews for the loss of World War I and thus,
instead of targeting political aspects of the
Jewish community, he displaced his aggression
towards ALL Jews, even the helpless. This,
combined with religious anti-Semitism prejudice
that had been present in Germany for 1500 years
and the theory of eugenics, was the political and
instrumental center of Hitler's political
campaign.(5) He used a system of 'elimination of
freedom', which he felt was necessary in the ...
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Antigone - 482 words
Antigone Sophocles' trilogy of Oedipus the King,
Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone is a powerful,
tragic tale that examines the nature of human
guilt, fate and punishment. Creon, Oedipus' uncle
and brother-in-law, is the story's most dynamic
character. His character experiences a drastic
metamorphosis through the span of the three
dramas. Creon's vision of a monarch's proper role,
his concept of and respect for justice, as well as
his respect for the design evolve considerably by
the trilogy's tragic conclusion. In Oedipus the
King (OK) , the audience is introduced to a Creon
who seems to put loyalty to the king above all. He
sympathizes with the tragic plight of King Oedipus
and asserts no a ...
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Beowulf And Christianity - 274 words
Beowulf And Christianity The epic poem Beowulf,
one of the sources for a Western paradigm portrays
Christ as a warrior. The Anglo-Saxon tradions
emphasises Christainity as a herioc code, yet
sometimes contradicting to traditional Christain
values. Is Beowulf a Christain poem? Luke 11:4.
Forgiveness, an important virtue in a Christains
life. When Beowulf sees his life coming to a close
before he faces the dragon, he decides to forgive
his enemies. Even though they feel no remores or
sdaness for their evil deeds of killing and
murdering kinsman. Beowulf wanted to get his life
in check for God. We see in the Bible Jesus Christ
at the cross "Forgave then for they no not what
they have done." Thr ...
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Cause Of The Culture Wars - 1,076 words
... under control of the tyrant neccessary because
of the need to organize the production and
distribution of resources. The patriarchial tyrant
was the perfect organizer to make it all happen.
And so it began. With the development of the army,
societies now began to have an investment in male
dominated governments that quickly became so
deeply ingrained in culture, that most people
assume they are genetic in origin. This was
reflected in new religions that revolutionized
human spirituality. Gone were the benign fertility
goddesses (or at least they were sublimated), and
they were replaced by fierce, warlike gods
intended to intimidate. These gods not only were
intended not just to intimidat ...
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Chartism - 1,629 words
Chartism By Thomas Carlyle One of the most salient
social problems of the Victorian period was the
struggle of the working class. In Chartism by
Thomas Carlyle, the problem is outlined; in
William Dodds narrative, it is recounted from
personal experience. Elizabeth Gaskells North and
South is a fictional account of the very real
condition of England. Clearly, questions of social
and economic injustice were on the front burner
even as the social oppression transpired. Another
very prominent feature of Victorian England was
religion, more specifically Christianity. William
Dodd and Bessy Higgins are individuals who have
endured enormous suffering, who have lost any sort
of quality of life to t ...
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Communism In The World - 3,056 words
... ginning a nationwide offensive against the
peasantry. Unknown millions died as a result.
However, his industrial campains of the late 1930s
enabled the Soviet Union to rise to the foremost
rank of industrial powers. It was also during this
time that Stalin enacted the Great Terror which
killed millions. Millions more were sent to
concentration camps. The fear of Stalin was
carried out by his secret police called Komitet
gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or KGB.Then an event
happened that forever change the world's view of
the Soviet Union. That event would be known as
World War II. Stalin personnally led the assault
on Germany that eventually resulted in the end of
the war. The choice now was ...
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Descartes Proof Of The Existence Of God - 1,280 words
Descartes' Proof Of The Existence Of God The
intention of this paper will be to examine
Descartes argument for the existence of God.
First, I will review Descartes proof for the
existence of God. Then, I will discuss some
consequences that appear as a result of Gods
existence. Finally, I will point to some
complications and problems that exist within the
proof. Descartes proof of the existence of God
occurs in the Third Meditation. He builds his
entire argument upon his proof in the previous
meditation that in order for him to think, he must
exist. From this single observation, Descartes
notices that the idea of his existence is very
clear and distinct in his mind; based upon this
clarity an ...
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Divine Command Theory - 712 words
Divine Command Theory The Divine Command Theory
Religion and ethics are seen to be somehow
inseparable in our culture. Religious leaders are
usually appealed to in some capacity when dealing
with various moral and political problems. Their
opinions are given great weight because they are
thought to be in some kind of special relationship
with God that the common person does not have. The
view that God creates the moral law is often
called the Divine Command Theory. According to
this view, what makes an action right is that God
desires it to be done. The divine command theory
is the idea that moral actions are those which
correspond to God's will. The simplest and most
common form of the Divi ...
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Doll House By Ibsen - 1,575 words
Doll House By Ibsen Today a reader might find it
hard to imagine how daring Nora Helmer was a
hundred years ago. The theme of womens liberation
makes this story seem almost contemporary. This
was considered a controversial play featuring a
woman seeking individuality. "A Dolls House" was
the play that made Ibsen world famous. It was
written well ahead of its time. In Ibsens time it
was considered an outrage for a woman such as Nora
to display a mind of her own. It was unthinkable
that a woman would leave her husband to obtain
freedom. This play presents problems and that
still appear in todays society. This play, one of
Ibsens most popular works, was a simple classic
story of womens liberati ...
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Ethical Management Procedures Manage - 657 words
Ethical Management Procedures Manage Ethical
Management Procedures Manage There are so many
instances in life where ethics play a major role
in decisions that we, as humans, make. Ethical
decision making processes take place mostly when
conclusions are reached that directly effect
people, but what are ethics? The Random
House-Webster's Dictionary of Modern English
defines ethics as: The branch of philosophy
dealing with values relating to human conduct,
with respect to the rightness and wrongness of
actions and the goodness and badness of motives
and ends. This paints a pretty clear picture of
what it means to make ethical decisions. This
sounds like if you just follow your conscience
then i ...
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Ethics On Abortion - 1,925 words
Ethics On Abortion Abortion from an ethical point
of view " Describe and evaluate any two
contrasting theoretical approaches to the moral
debate of abortion." * * * It is widely accepted
that the fact of abortion has been a subject of
conversation and controversy for many decades.
Since the proportion of people who accept abortion
as a 'normal' procedure is equal to the proportion
of those who think of abortion as a 'crime',
through time a lot of measurements have been taken
against abortion but concerning it's defense as
well. Although the fact of abortion has been
examined through it's scientific and religious
side, in this assignment we will try and examine
abortion from an ethical point ...
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Flood Plain Ethics: The Conflicts Between Utilitarianism And Aldo Leopold's Land Ethics - 802 words
Flood Plain Ethics: The Conflicts Between
Utilitarianism And Aldo Leopold'S Land Ethics This
paper will discuss the conflicts between the
utilitarian ethical theory and the ethical theory
put forth by Aldo Leopold known as The Land Ethic.
The question chosen to express the philosophical
differences central in the two theories is, what
should we do with flood plain land use? The land
use issue in general requires careful
consideration. The flood plain land use issue
illustrates the utilitarian and Aldo Leopold's
Land Ethic philosophical conflicts. Utilitarianism
derives from: 1) Actions which result in the
greatest good for the greatest number of people.
2) Promote efficiency by comparing act ...
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Inclusion - 2,342 words
... incipal reported that at Valley School they
moved into a collaborative teaching model slowly,
beginning only with fifth grades (in 19988), then
serving only third and fourth grades (in 1990). By
1991, however, the program had expanded to include
third, fourth, and fifth grades. The collaborative
teaching model provided full-time services in
general education classes for students with LD who
had been served in a resource program. Only 23 of
the 40 students with LD and two of the seven
special education teachers were involved in the
collaborative learning disabilities programs in
this school: the remaining students with LD and
students with other disabilities who attended this
school were ...
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Its Not About School Prayer - 1,028 words
It's Not About School Prayer The question of
school prayer has been moved from one of the
storage rooms way beyond the wings to somewhere
prominently on stage, if not front stage and
center. The most important thing about the
discussion of a school prayer amendment is not
school prayer as such. People of eminently good
sense and religious conviction can disagree about
whether there should be prayer in public schools
and, if so, what kind of prayer and who should be
in charge of it. Those decisions should be made by
thousands of communities and local school boards
across the country. That is called democracy. An
amendment is needed not to mandate or even to
encourage school prayer but to rest ...
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John Updike And Individualism - 856 words
John Updike And Individualism John Updike wrote
many books and short stories. Many of his
characters resembled people he knew or they
reflected his views on what was going on in
America (Interview 75-79). They expressed his
views on the value system that people lived by.
One of these ideas was individualism.
Individualism has not always been present in
society. Up until the late 1960s, people accepted
whatever was happening around them. Very few stood
up for themselves or for others. Many people
wished to, but were too afraid to speak up. They
had to find other ways of expressing what they
really thought. John Updikes idea of individuality
expressed through the character of Sammy, in
"A&P," ...
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Julius Ceasar - 845 words
Julius Ceasar In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar,
Decius Brutus and Mark Antony, both Roman
Senators, eulogize Julius Caesar, each using a
different technique and approach. Brutus, in a
somewhat arrogant, to the point, eulogy, attempts
to sway the people. He justifies conspiring
against Caesar by stating that Caesar's ambition
would have hurt Rome. However, in Antony's eulogy,
he focuses on Caesar's positive traits, and
cunningly disproves Brutus' justification for
killing Caesar. The fickle Romans waver between
leaders, responding emotionally, rather than
intellectually, to the orators. Brutus seeks to
explain why he conspired against Caesar. He begins
his speech with Romans, countrymen ..., ap ...
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Justice In Platos Republic - 503 words
Justice In Plato's Republic Justice in Plato's
Republic Paper 2 In the Republic, Plato attempts
to answer one of philosophy's most central
questions: What is justice or right conduct?
Thrasymachus, who is upset at Socrates' rhetoric
interrupts, suggests that justice is what is in
the interest of the stronger. Thrasymachus's view
of justice is that justice is the advantage of the
stronger. Thrasymachus explains this by expressing
that the government makes rules to its own
advantage and so it is declared just for their
people. Socrates argues Thrasymachus's view by
insisting that rulers command certain acts on
their subjects which sometimes mistake their own
best interest causing themselves ha ...
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